7/29: There have been many moments to write about this week, but not the time, so once again I’m collecting them all here in this one post. First and foremost I’m grateful for my brother. I wouldn’t be sitting here today writing this blog if not for him. When I[…]
July 24: It is a gratitude kind of day. Rolling out of bed this morning I thanked my cat. He let me sleep until I was ready to get up. And then I thanked my body for its continued healing of the cyst on my back drained by a doctor[…]
July 22: I’m still working on the conceptual photography course. This lesson involved words. Themes are revealed in 25 minutes of journaling. One is selected and then flushed out referencing definitions, synonyms and antonyms. Then you create a map of metaphors, one of which becomes the subject of your photo.[…]
July 21: I’ve been writing this gratitude blog for six months. I just had to write that down, to see it on my virtual sheet of paper. And now I’m going to say it out loud because frankly, I’m astonished. Discipline is a challenge. I’m great at exploration and beginnings,[…]
July 15: There are a multitude of small moments this past week to be grateful for: This morning I found baby Monarch caterpillars in my garden. This always brings great joy. I love sending mail which makes me grateful for the variety of fun, creative, and beautiful postage stamps that[…]
July 13: Tell yourself whatever story you want about this photo. Its theme is based on the concept of balance and mirroring. The subject is either an antithesis or echo of something inside of me. The caption is a clue and what’s been on my mind lately is this —[…]
July 7: Taking a brief break from gratitude …… well not really gratitude, just writing about gratitude ….. to dabble in a 10-day online course I stumbled on called Begin Deepening. It’s an exercise in a kind of photography that I’m unfamiliar with – Conceptual Photography. Conceptual photography is photography[…]
July 6: My energy is off today. I’d like to say it’s the result of a few restless and sleepless nights, but more than likely it’s the blank calendar in front of me. I’m exactly where I positioned myself to be yet I’m totally uncomfortable with it. It’s not that[…]
July 3: The title of today’s blog post sums up nicely what I’m grateful for today….a pre-4th of July 4th fireworks show with my family on a beautiful evening. It doesn’t get much better than that.
July 2: Books expose you to people, places, and situations too which you might not otherwise have access. I learn a lot about who I am and who I want to be from books, good fiction, in particular. My definition of a good book is not one that is perfectly[…]